THE FIRE DRAGON WARRIOR
CH 50'S. The Old Drunk

Hasea finally arrived at the village of Pintu Jati after traveling for several days. His tiredness and hunger forced Hasea to seek lodging. Hasea decided to rest in one inn that was in the middle of the village . The only place in the village. After cleaning up, Hasea ordered food at the restaurant that was also in the inn.

" I tell you, that place really exists." Hasea heard a voice from a table in the corner of the restaurant . Hasea saw an old man with a distended stomach talking to some of his friends. " You'll regret it when I find that place all by myself. Don't beg me whine when I find all the treasures there."

" Hasapi, you've told me that story a thousand and decades ago, but from what I can see up to this second is that you end up drunk in this place and can't even pay your own wine." The words of a man who was in front of Hasapi were followed by the people around him.

" Hasapi? That fat guy? Was that the person that Grandmother Lamsia meant? What a joyous coincidence. " Hasea did not take his eyes off the table where Hasapi was sitting.

" You can laugh now, but when I'm rich, we'll see who laughs later." Hasapi looked confident, but everyone in the place certainly knew that the old man was already very drunk. They did not believe the old drunk man's words at all.

" Is that really so? Then why don't you pay for our drinks for tonight?" Ledek one of the men at the table who again made people around Hasapi Laugh. " Oh, let's leave this old drunk. Every night we pay for what he drinks."

"Hey. come back, for tonight please pay for my drink."

Hasapi's words were not at all influenced by his friends. Security guards began to arrive at Hasapi. The strong men were so convinced that, like the previous nights, Hasapi would not be able to pay.

" Mister, it's too late for you. Do you have some silver to pay for all these drinks?" A security guard bullied Hasapi.

As the men were about to kick Hasapi out of the restaurant, Hasea approached them.

" Mister, let me pay for this old man's drink."

" Young man.You're really nice, are you really human? No. No, I'm sure you're a god." Hasapi.

"Already sir. Coincidentally I was holding some silver.Suppose you're in luck. Sir, the place you're referring to is..."

" Huh.. You are curious as well apparently? Don't tell me I'm bragging, but the place really exists." Hasapi repeated the stories he used to tell people. " There are many treasures. My family's been hereditary telling me this story." Hasapi then fell silent.

" But it's been, just like those people you must also think this old man is slurring."

" It's not so, sir, that I'm interested in the master's story." Hasea said convincingly. "really? Am I so drunk that my hearing is reduced, am I hearing wrong ?" Hasapi responded to Hasea but remained while downing the wine before him. Hasapi tells a lot about the hill crying. Hasea was actually barely able to distinguish true speech and not from the word Hasapi. No matter what, the old man was drunk. But Hasapi is the only one who can give him a clue to the existence of the Weeping Hill.

After telling a long story while continuing to drink wine, the old man then fell asleep just like that because he was too drunk.

***

" Sir, are you awake?" Hasea greeted Hasapi who had just regained consciousness from her sleep. Hasea did take the old man to the room where he was staying. Hasea wanted to extract more information.

" Where am I? Who are you young?" Hasapi's tone was completely different from last night. Of course because this morning he was no longer affected by wine. " We're still at the inn, sir. You were too drunk, so I brought you here. Sir, about the place you told me about last night."

Hasapi tried to recall the incident last night. " Is this about the hill crying? Do you really believe me, young man?"

"Do you want to accompany me to find that place? But remember the treasure that's there, we have to split it in half." Hasapi stared hard at Hasea. He wanted to make sure Hasea was not trying to trick him. " Let's calm, sir, I don't think at all about the treasure. There's something there I need."

"It's getting interesting, then fine. After lunch we leave."

***

Hasaea and Hasapi left the inn. They began to set foot leaving the small village. There were not many people they met because there were not too many people who occupied the village. From what Hasapi tells us that the location of the hill crying is in the middle of the forest to the west of the village. But actually Hasapi never went there. He had only heard the hereditary stories of his family who had known of the existence of the place. Based on the clue they were trying to find the Hill crying.

It's been almost a day Hasapi and Hasea tracing the forest . But from all along the way and their eyes saw only large trees and shrubs there. Hasea was getting frustrated. " Sir, what are we looking for? I mean, is there no other clue than the sound of the crying you're telling me about?"

Hasapi did explain that around the hill crying really there is a sound like crying. But the instructions are not so detailed.

" If only there was wine, maybe I could have remembered the clue." Hasapi's words irritated Hasea. " This man, in his conscious state, doesn't really remember anything, let alone when he's drunk." Mumbles Hasea.

" Wait a minute, if it's not wrong my ancestors say that the place can't be seen with the eyes of a layman. Everything is contrary to its nature. Falling to float, sinking to float, it seems so." Hasapi was not sure. " Only those chosen by nature can go to that place, the whole forest will lead him there. I remember now." Hasapi's eyes seemed sparkling even though the things he said were not actually helpful.

" This old man..is there no easier-to-understand clue he can say?" Mumbles Hasea. " Master, is there nothing else? We just went around in circles in this place. We can only see trees and shrubs. There was no sign that humans had ever come to this place. There's nothing that shows the existence of that place." Hasea was getting impatient. " Ladies calm down. The weakness of a young man like you is not long patient. Let me remember again." Hasapi calms Hasea.

" We better take a break. My stomach is getting hungry. Isn't there something in this place that can be eaten?" Say Hasapi while holding his stomach which began to rumble while sitting leaning against one of the big trees. His eyes began to sleep . " You wait here, I'll find some food." Hasea then passed.

Hasea saw a rabbit among the bushes. Hasea immediately chased after the rabbit but the animal ran as fast as it seemed to realize the arrival of Hasea. " Damn it. That beast's fast." Hasea continued chasing after the rabbit regardless of where he was now. When he realized that he had run far enough from the last place he and Hasapi had stopped, Hasea was surprised by what he saw in front of him . He was near a cliff.

" This place, where is this? From earlier we went around like we didn't find this cliff. Ah. Have you, the old man's stomach must be fed. Where did the rabbit go." Hasea flinched, the rabbit she was chasing was on the edge of a cliff. The rabbit looked at Hasea as if he wanted to convey something. Hasea approached but was surprised when the rabbit suddenly jumped to the bottom of the cliff.

" Foolish rabbit, what's he doing? Was he so frustrated that he had to commit suicide?." Hasea's approaching the cliff edge. He looked down but did not find the rabbit there. The bottom of the cliff he could not even see because the cliff was so high.The base of the cliff must have been very deep.

Hasea's foot accidentally nudged a pebble until it fell to the bottom of the cliff.

" That rock, what happened? How could the stone just float away?" Hasea was very surprised to find that the fallen pebbles just floated before reaching the bottom of the cliff.Sejenak Hasea thought. " Could be.." Hasea then picked up a larger rock and dropped it to the bottom of the cliff. Again the stone floated in the middle not until it fell to the bottom of the cliff.

" Fall to float... Could this be what it means?" Hasea hesitated a little but then she took a swing to jump. "If this is wrong, then my history is finished." Hasea then jumped off the edge of the cliff.

Hasea's body was about to fall to the bottom of the cliff. Face pale. His body was limp, right before Hasea started to regret his decision he suddenly felt his body drifting. He did not fall to the bottom of the abyss. His body floated right near the rock he had just dropped.

" This..actually what happened?" Hasea still could not believe that her body was floating. Hasea's eyes were then fixed on the cliff wall, where he saw a cave with a small entrance. Hasea grabbed the wall of the cave entrance and then stepped there. " How could my body just float away. And this place.what place is this?" Hasea is still hard to believe.

Hasea set foot into the cave. The further he entered the cave, the more his body felt light. His feet barely even touched the floor of the cave.Small pebbles there are also seen floating away.